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Autre communication scientifique (congrès sans actes - poster - séminaire...): Communication dans un congrès sans actes
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Title :
What can we learn about the embeddedness of commercial relationships from the study of powers of attorney? (France, 18th-19th centuries)
Author(s) :
Eloire, Fabien [Auteur]
Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]
Aoki-Santarosa, Veronica [Auteur]
Lemercier, Claire [Auteur]
Centre Lillois d’Études et de Recherches Sociologiques et Économiques - UMR 8019 [CLERSÉ]
Aoki-Santarosa, Veronica [Auteur]
Lemercier, Claire [Auteur]
Conference title :
Meeting of the Caltech Early Modern Group
Conference organizers(s) :
Caltech
City :
Pasadena (Californie)
Country :
Etats-Unis d'Amérique
Start date of the conference :
2016-04-08
Keyword(s) :
procuration
mandat
notaires
mandat
notaires
English keyword(s) :
power of attorney
form of proxy
merchants
form of proxy
merchants
HAL domain(s) :
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire
Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Histoire
English abstract : [en]
This working paper gives the preliminary results of a research project on the uses of notarized powers of attorney in four large French commercial cities in the 18th and 19th centuries. Powers of attorney are often considered ...
Show more >This working paper gives the preliminary results of a research project on the uses of notarized powers of attorney in four large French commercial cities in the 18th and 19th centuries. Powers of attorney are often considered as symptoms of trust. We use them to test hypotheses on the embeddedness of commercial relationships. We find little support for the idea of an evolution from embedded to anonymous relationships. We therefore explore alternative hypotheses centered on the complementarity between embeddedness and formality; the importance of repeated interactions; and a broad homophily driving merchants to choose fellow merchants as proxies.Show less >
Show more >This working paper gives the preliminary results of a research project on the uses of notarized powers of attorney in four large French commercial cities in the 18th and 19th centuries. Powers of attorney are often considered as symptoms of trust. We use them to test hypotheses on the embeddedness of commercial relationships. We find little support for the idea of an evolution from embedded to anonymous relationships. We therefore explore alternative hypotheses centered on the complementarity between embeddedness and formality; the importance of repeated interactions; and a broad homophily driving merchants to choose fellow merchants as proxies.Show less >
Language :
Anglais
Audience :
Non spécifiée
Administrative institution(s) :
Université de Lille
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale
CNRS
Univ. Littoral Côte d’Opale
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Research team(s) :
Économies et sociétés : développement, richesse, innovation et régulation
Submission date :
2019-04-03T14:29:48Z
2023-03-10T11:39:52Z
2023-03-10T11:39:52Z
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